Pen and pencil clip



F. F. LARSON.

PEN AND PENCIL CLIP.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 14. l9l9.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 19, 1919.

Application filed April 14, 1919. Serial No. 289,846.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDRIK FERDINAND LARSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at l/Vaterbury, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Pen and Pencil Clips; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in pen or pencil holders and particularly to that type adapted to be stamped from a single piece of sheet metal.

The object is to provide a device of this character stamped from a single piece of sheet metal and including a thumb piece or lever whereby the clip may be readily removed from engagement with the pocket, said thumbpiece being continuously under pressure of a spring formed integral with the piece of metal.

With this and other objects in view, the invention consists of certain novel features of construction, and the combination and arrangement of parts as will be more fully described and claimed, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a slde elevation of the holder applied to use.

Fig. 2 is a front elevation thereof.

Fig. 3 is a vertical longitudinal section taken on the line 33 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4: is a transverse section taken on the line 1- 1 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 5 is a view of the metal blank from which the holder is formed.

In these drawings the letter P indicates a pen or pencil, to which the holder is attached.

The holder is adapted to be formed from a single piece of sheet metal substantially T-shaped, the depending shank 1 being provided adjacent its lower end with oppositely directed ears 2 which are bent together with the end 3 to form a ball 4 for en aging the edge of a pocket.

he opposite ends of the head of the T.-

shaped piece of metal are bent laterally in the same direction to form instrument engaging arms 5, as clearly illustrated in Figs. 1 and 5. The depending shank is provided at its upper end with a thumb piece 6 which is stamped forward from a portion intermediate the ends of the head, said thumb piece and shank being spaced from the instrument engaging arms 5 and connected thereto by a pair of parallel arms 8. The arms 8 are formed by means of the slit 7 which extends to the point of junction of the spring bar and lever 6, said point of junction being the fulcrum point for the lever and bar.

For the purpose of providing sufficient tension on the shank 1, a relatively narrow vertically extending strip 9 is formed intogral with the head of the T-shaped piece midway its length and bent forwardly and downwardly parallel with the head for a short distance and then forwardly to contact the inner face of the thumb piece.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that although the shank 1 exerts .considerable pressure on the cloth of a pocket, it may be easily removed therefrom by the thumb piece 6 which may be operated without difiiculty.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the construction and operation of the invention will be readily understood without requiring a more extended explanation.

Various changes in the form, proportion and the minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages of the claimed invention.

I claim- A device of the class described formed from a substantially T-shaped metal blank and having a relatively narrow strip extending vertically from the head at a point midway its length, the opposite ends of the head of the T-shaped blank being bent laterally in the same direction to form instrument engaging arms, the depending shank being adapted to grip the edge of a pocket, said shank and the intermedlate portion of Q r p 1,313,826

the head being stamped forward to provide In testimony whereof I have hereunto set a thumb piece for moving the shank, and my hand. 7 i I o to form arms for connecting the shank and head, said narrow strip being bent forward 7 FREDRIK FERDINAND LARSON 5 and downward to contact with the inner Witnesses:

face of the thumb piece for forcing the V AUGUSTA HYLANDER,

shank into contact with the edge of a, pocket. J oHNC. HYLANDER,

Copien of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G. Y 

